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How marvelous is tax-deferred investing! That is the selling pitch with tax-deferred annuities. Your assets expand under the protection of a tax shelter. You owe tax when you eventually pull the... Read more >

The sun may be setting soon on North Carolina as a site for movie and TV production. But its loss will likely be Georgia’s and Louisiana’s gain.
On Aug. 20, North Carolina lawmakers decided to... Read more >

A presentation on how best to organize governing boards for family-owned businesses takes place at Tulane University on Sept. 12. The Tulane Family Business Center is hosting a speaker, JoAnne... Read more >

Louisiana Rep. Bobby Jindal (R) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Common Core program, and is using taxpayers money to pay for his legal aid for which he is... Read more >

IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2014-23, August 25, 2014
Are you, your spouse or a dependent heading off to college? If so, here’s a quick tip from the IRS: some of the costs you pay for higher education... Read more >

The low-interest loan program called the BioFund has issued more than $2 million in loans to 12 businesses that account for 135 jobs in Southeast Louisiana, said a progress report released... Read more >

Californians already pay the nation's second highest gas tax at 68 cents a gallon -- and now it will go up again in January to pay for a first-in-the-nation climate change law.
"I didn't know... Read more >

The Internal Revenue Service recovered $576 million in erroneously issued tax refunds last year thanks to outside tips provided by financial institutions and other sources such as tax preparers,... Read more >

The 2014 Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday takes place Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 7.
Act 453 of the 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature enacted... Read more >

Burger King is working on a whopper of a business deal.
The burger chain is in talks with Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons about merging, a plan that, if accomplished, would create the... Read more >

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxes? Who wants to think about taxes around Labor Day?
But if you count on your tax refund and you're one of the millions getting tax credits to help pay health insurance... Read more >

Many people who received tax credits to pay for their Obamacare coverage won't get income tax refunds or will see much smaller refunds than expected, USA Today reports.
Worse still, noted George... Read more >

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 20) are watching a low pressure system near the Caribbean. The system, they said, has a high chance (60 percent) of... Read more >